Thomas L. Lewis Named President of United Mine Workers
Thomas L. Lewis, successor to Job Mitchell, elected president of the United Mine Workers of America. A veteran labor executive, he previously served as treasurer for two years and was chosen vice president. Born in Midway, Pennsylvania, he began work in the anthracite mines at age seven and grew up in a coal mining family that later moved to Martins Ferry, Ohio.
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Jobo Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Thomas L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Earliter
Lewis
Knights of Labor Organization
Midway
Value
Martins Ferry
Tom Lewis
WC Poe
Attlc
Hill Denounces Bryan and Parties in June Confab
D B Hill, former U S senator and Democratic leader in Nebraska, travels Europe after declaring the Democratic Party has collapsed. He rails against Bryan and patronage politics, predicts a mass appeal strategy, and endorses a candidate opposed to Bryan. Mary Montana Largey gains fortune and weds Raymond J. McDonald. Dr Roy Richards fined for prescribing beer. Clayton voters warned of dog slaughter under local ordinance.
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Democratic Party
New York
David B. Hill
United States
Europe
Hum
Altgeld
Chicago
Bryan
Taft
Rec
Mr. Bryan
Weda
Butte
Mont
Mary Montana Largey
Lergey
Raymond J. McDonald
Broadway
Paoria
Roy Richards
Hopedale
Pekin
Greismar
Clayton
N. J
Nichola
Constable Green
Taft's Pennsylvania push stirs GOP convention fight
Reports from Chicago outline Pennsylvania backing for Taft, with Knox and Habgood arriving at the Knox headquarters as delegates consolidate. The battle centers on credentials and a race for the party's presidential nomination amid labor conference tensions and possible policy planks. A separate note recounts a berry-throwing incident in Pennsylvania and a jail fire in Newark with prisoners rescued.
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Knox
Pennsylvania
Habgood
Edward J. Krause
Ward
Kinsley
Habgoo
Texas
Alphonddiens
Taft
Taft Tegimost
Tennessee
Oliver
Otte
Honal Committee
American Federation Labor
National Association Manufacturers
Jas W. Vancleave
St. Louis
Preeté
National Association of Manacturers
Republican Party
Wiol
Ravel Gompers
Democratic Party
Denver
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P. Phooe
Garanteed
Allen G. Quynn & CO
Frederick, MD
Baltimore & Ohio
Washington
Baltimore
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Fall River
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Joseph
Andre Beaudry
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Escudine
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Ball Farm
L. M. Nixdorff, Jr
Court St
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Aule
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Chas. Zimmerman
W. H. B. Etchison
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Wilson Lee Camden
Harvey R. Lenso
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North Market Street
Frederick County
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White Shoes
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Rockdale
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Hagan Brothers
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City Opera House
Pearce & Scheck WI
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Peck
Bad Boy
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Berlin
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